Ella's+Letter

Dear Clare,

Hello it’s Cousin Elizabeth. I had the most awful trip. I took a trip on the Forfarshire. It was very stormy and the engines were failing. Well this is most dreadful to tell you, but the ship had completely failed! That might sound oh so exaggerated but trust me, it truly was a tragedy. A violent current drove us strait into the rocks! I was hanging on a rock for a whole twenty-four hours! Oh Clare, it was terrifying! The next thing I knew, I saw a lifeboat! Oh that felt like the most jolly thing I had ever seen! I surely was a risk but it was so very worth it. We took the lifeboat right into the storm! I felt so terrified! The waves were crashing so very hard and everybody thought we were all done for. Well everybody except me. I was the only person on that life boat that had hope that somehow, we would make it back safe. Finally, we did. We all stayed at Grace Darling and her Father’s lighthouse for quite a while! We stayed there for four years! Well not all of us. I was the only one. Everyone else was back at their homes within six months. I stayed to help poor Grace who had gotten tuberculosis only a year after this devastating event. Tragically, Grace died only last week. Her Father thanked me dearly for my help and I left. Her father insisted that if I wasn’t there, Grace would of died two years earlier than she did. Just for that reason, he offered to pay for my journey home. I refused but he seemed so motivated, I didn’t want to let him down. I know you are extremely worried, especially because of reading this letter. Don’t worry, I should be home In two weeks. No need to prepare just a welcome home will do. I am so glad to write to you and I hope you find this information useful. I hope to see you in two weeks! Sincerely, Elizabeth Dear Elizabeth, I am happy to write to you again, but when I saw what the letter said I was shocked! You really had a tragic moment there.

I was also happy to hear that you got home safely in the light house of the Darling family. Make your trip home very safe. I will also offer to take you home, since you deserve it. I am very proud of you for taking care of someone who had rescued you! I never knew you were that brave to stay risking your life for twenty-four hours on the slippery wet rocks. Alot of lives must have been lost but I sure am happy that you got on that boat which took you to Grace's lighthouse.That Grace she really cared for you and some other people but it is always good that you care for someone even if that person did nothing for you.I am happy that you were the only one that thought you were not done for because you were trying to think positive and that is always a good thing to do.

I hope that evryone else on the ship is okay too. All your belongings must be lost at sea now, after that moment. Have you been wearing the same clothes for four years? Were they providing you with food? I bet they did.

I will see you in two weeks and like you said I will not prepare, but maybe a cup of tea for both of us would be nice.

Sincerely,  Clare